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Thursday, February 4, 2016

UMass Round Two

Tomorrow night, BU heads to Amherst for a one game trip with the Minutemen. I alluded to this earlier in the week, but the game between Beanpot games has been a historically strong game for the Terriers. Dating back to 2000, BU is 9-3-0 in games between the semis and the final of the Beanpot.

From The Vault
Jordan Greenway leads a rush up ice vs UMass back on
January 9th.
(Photo by Matt Dresens)

BU and UMass squared off a little less than a month ago at Agganis and BU took them to the woodshed, winning 7-2. In fact, BU has steamrolled the Minutemen the last three times the two teams have met. BU has outscored UMass 24-8 in those three games.

UMass has really had a tough go of it recently. Since losing to BU on January 9th, they have yet to win a game and have struggled to find offense. In their last six game, UMass was out scored 33-11. The low point of the season (and some have even called it the low point of the program's history) came on January 22nd at home to Boston College. They were shutout 8-0 and BC's Jerry York won his 1000th game in the process. Last weekend, the Minutemen were swept at home by the last place Maine.

The Black Bears had the worst statistical offense in the conference, but still managed to score 10 goals in two games.

UMass sits in last place in Hockey East with just 8 points.

Scouting the MinutemenShane Walsh and Ray Pigozzi both come into Friday's game with 23 points. Walsh leads the team in goals scored with 15 and has added 8 assists. Piggozzi has amassed 7 goals and 16 assists. Other players to watch include: Dennis Kravchenko, Steven Iacobellis and Austin Plevy.

In goal, BU saw Alex Wakaluk and posted a touchdown on him. Overall, he has a .855 save percentage on the year and a 4.29 goals against average. Nic Renyard has seen the majority of the time in net. In 20 games, the freshman has posted an .897 SVP and a 3.70 GAA.

BU Notes- According to the Boston Hockey Blog, Coach Quinn said Nik Olsson is out for the remainder of the year with an upper body injury.

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Terrier History during the Blog's History

BU celebrates its 5th National title after an unbelievable comeback and overtime winner by Colby Cohen (25). (Photo by Matt Dresens)

2011

BU celebrates as a team following a 5-4 win over Notre Dame in the 2010 Icebreaker Invitational final in St. Louis. (Photo by Matt Dresens)

2011 and 2012

Chris Connolly was named Captain in both his Junior and Senior seasons at BU. He was the first two year Captain since Jack O'Callahan wore the "C" in both 1978 and '79. (Photo by Matt Dresens)

2009-2012

Kieran Millan played four years as a Terrier, Leading BU to the National Championship in 2009. That same year, he was named National Rookie of the Year. On October 15th, 2011, Millan broke Sean Fields' record of 63 wins as a Terrier with a 4-3 win over Denver. By the end of his career, MIllan amassed 81 victories. (Photo by Matt Dresens)

2012

Terrier players solute those who made the trip down to New York City to witness BU upend Cornell 2-1 in overtime at Madison Square Garden thanks to a Ross Gaudet redirection goal with 2:12 remaining in the extra session. (Photo by Matt Dresens)

2013

Jack Parker waves goodbye for one final time, as BU falls in the 2013 Hockey East Championship game 1-0 to Lowell. This was Parker's 1,484th and final game as the Head Coach at BU. Over 40 seasons, Parker amassed a record of 897-472-115. (Photo by Matt Dresens)

2015

BU falls in the National Championship game 4-3 to Providence. The Terriers beat Yale (3-2 OT), Minnesota Duluth (3-2) and North Dakota (5-3) to reach their first National Title Game in six years. (Photo by Matt Dresens)

2015

Freshman sensation Jack Eichel racked up an NCAA leading 71 points (26 goals, 45 assists) in 40 games on his way to winning the Hobey Baker. Eichel joins Chris Drury and Matt Gilroy as the only other Terriers to win the award. (Photo by Matt Dresens)

2017

Charlie McAvoy (7) and Clayton Keller (19) celebrate after McAvoy scores the game winning, double overtime goal against North Dakota in Fargo in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. (Photo by Matt Dresens)